Ron Elliott Irving, and ID.A.A. v. Jenny Anne Angstrom

Columbia, Missouri family law lawyers represented the parties in a paternity action.





Ron Irving ("Father") filed this paternity action in the Circuit Court of Boone County, seeking to be declared the father of the minor female I.D.A.A. ("Child"). Jenny Angstrom ("Mother") is Child's natural mother. Following a bench trial, the circuit court found Father to be Child's natural father. The court awarded the parties joint physical and legal custody of Child; adopted a parenting plan which designated Father's address as Child's address for mailing and educational purposes; awarded Mother child support; and ordered that Child's surname be changed from Mother's surname to Father's. Mother appeals. She challenges the award of joint legal custody; the order for a name change; the designation of Father's address as the address for Child for mailing and educational purposes; and the court's calculation of child support. Because the circuit court's judgment found that neither Mother nor Father had a present willingness to communicate with the other.



Irving v. Angstrom, WD86648 (Mo. App. Nov 19, 2024)

The Court reversed the award of joint legal custody, and remand for further proceedings concerning Child's legal custody. The Court affirmed the remainder of the circuit court's judgment.